If your playing Assassin's Creed you can go ahead and turn on your system, because you will probably see an update. Over the weekend, it appears that Ubisoft silently released a 1.10 patch for the game
Let's hope this patch clears the problems.
[Via PS3Fanboy]
If you don't know by know, the PLAYSTATION 3 version of Assassin's Creed contains many glitches. One of these glitches is the in-air freeze. Altair jumps from a building and freezes in mid-air. You can move the camera around, but no matter what, everything stays still.
The way to beat this glitch? Reboot your PLAYSTATION 3 and hope it doesn't happen again. But of course, that isn't good enough.
Popular Mechanics spoke with Michael Beadle, Ubisoft’s senior public-relations manager. He explains that Ubisoft doesn't exactly know what the problem is, but they are trying to find it and continue to work on a patch. So there you go, when we find more information on the patch, we will update you.
[Via Popular Mechanics]
Despite the patch that was released for the PLAYSTATION 3 version of Assassin's Creed yesterday, there still seems to be problems.
It seems that the game is still freezing in various places. An Ubisoft forum member replied on the official thread.
" LOL - dont expect too much guys.[Via Ubisoft Forums]
I was skeptic - and rightfully so.
I downloaded the 25 MB update. Game launched and I tried to continue my game.
Altair froze on the blue loading screen - AS USUAL.
THIS UPDATE DID NOTHING FOR ME...."
UbiRazz, a UK Community Manager for Ubisoft, has announced on the forums today that an update for Assassin's Creed on the PLAYSTATION 3 has been made, and you should be able to download it today, or within the next few days, depending on your location. His full post.
"Following consumer feedback regarding some issues while playing Assassin’s Creed for PlayStation 3, a corrective update has been developed and will be released worldwide on the PLAYSTATION® Network over the next few days. You can proceed to installation simply by launching your Assassin’s Creed game. Please note that release times of this update may vary depending on your location. Thank you again for your patience."[Via Ubi Forums]
UbiRazz, an Ubisoft forum manager, made a post late yesterday about Assassin's Creed for the PLAYSTATION 3. He wrote:
"Following our recent statement regarding the freeze issues that some consumers are facing with Assassin’s Creed on PlayStation 3, we can confirm that we are actively working on a game update. This update will help improve the stability of the game and will be released as soon as possible. In the meantime thank you for your ongoing feedback and patience."Seems like you'll soon be able to play Assassin's Creed again without a problem. No mention an a date for this update's release.
The latest issue of PSM3, a UK based PLAYSTATION 3 magazine, comes jam packed with some great new reviews. Take a look at those below.
Assassin's Creed 81%.[Via GT Forums]
Overall: All the basic mechanics are there, but kinks in the design keep Creed from greatness.
Call of Duty 4 94%.
Overall: A triumph of set-piece design, special effects and impeccable FPS action. Mindblowing.
Need for Speed ProStreet 79%.
Overall: A touch repetitive, but a confident, high speed, return to form for Need For Speed.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga 80%
Overall: Terrific games but TCS is pointless if you've played them before. But if you haven't, get it.
Beowulf 41%
Overall: An avoidably bad game with shoddy design and a lame, thankless combat system.
The Simpsons Game 70%
Overall: Flimsy platformingand lame combat, but so funny its hard to care. Fans will go nuts.
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men 58%
Overall: Bland characters, action-by-numbers. Easily the most disappointing game of 2007.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 90%
Overall: Nothing much new - except for the most dazzling playlist to grace the series yet. Great.
A load of Assassin's Creed for PLAYSTATION 3 users are reporting many problems within the game. Including frame rate problems, screen tearing, geometry clipping and game-stopping lock ups, posted on the official game forums.
Many of the users who reported their problems are using the recently released firmware 2.00. Similar problem reports have appeared on the Official PLAYSTATION Boards and the GameSpot forums as well.
Hopefully, it's a firmware glitch that v2.01 fixes.
[Via Kotaku]
Destructoid found a nice little easter sort of egg today in Assassin's Creed, the recently released stealth game from Ubisoft Montreal.
Seems one of the windows happens to look like Optimus Prime. It also looks like a truck though. Bottom line, if your a fan, it's Optimus.
[Via Destructoid]
GamePro hash reviewed the PLAYSTATION 3 version of Ubisoft Montreal's recently released title, Assassin's Creed. They state the differences between the PLAYSTATION 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the title.
"From walking around on the street to free running on the roof tops, the controls make it easy to manipulate Altair during his quests and that's a good thing as the game would have suffered dramatically had the developers not gotten such a firm handle on the controls. And in fact, the controls for the PLAYSTATION 3 version of the game are even tighter than those of the Xbox 360.Looks like Ubisoft Montreal worked pretty damn hard on making these two versions almost exactly the same. Great work guys!
Graphically, the PLAYSTATION 3 version of the game suffers just a tiny bit, but both this difference--and the aforementioned difference in controls--are practically negligible."
